{"id":6629,"date":"2023-09-10T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T05:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/new-murder-charges-brought-against-man-accused-of-killing-uva-football-players\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T05:06:23","slug":"new-murder-charges-brought-against-man-accused-of-killing-uva-football-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/new-murder-charges-brought-against-man-accused-of-killing-uva-football-players\/","title":{"rendered":"New murder charges brought against man accused of killing UVA football players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2014 Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A special grand jury in Charlottesville issued the new aggravated murder indictments against Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. If convicted, the 23-year-old would serve a mandatory life sentence. They are the most serious murder charges available in Virginia after it abolished the death penalty in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jones was a UVA student in November 2022 and a former member of the football team when\u00a0police say he opened fire\u00a0on a charter bus that had brought back students from a field trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Football players Lavel Davis Jr., D\u2019Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were killed, while a fourth member of the team, Mike Hollins, and another student were wounded.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__bL8AJ styles_adNotPlaying__Q51_C styles_alignDesktopBottom__4cHaO styles_alignMobileBottom__bhgkQ\" data-testid=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"videoSlate\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_12\/1671064228310_nn_ksa_slain_uva_players_parents_speak_out_221214_1920x1080-eyw6h5.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_12\/1671064228310_nn_ksa_slain_uva_players_parents_speak_out_221214_1920x1080-eyw6h5.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2022_12\/1671064228310_nn_ksa_slain_uva_players_parents_speak_out_221214_1920x1080-eyw6h5.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"\">Jones had initially been charged with second-degree murder after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Albemarle County Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney James Hingeley said in a news release that the new indictments were returned Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Liz Murtagh, the public defender in Charlottesville and Albemarle County appointed to represent Jones, said she is \u201csorry the prosecutor chose to go this route\u201d but declined further comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2014 Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year. A special grand jury in Charlottesville issued the new aggravated murder indictments against Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. If convicted, the 23-year-old would serve a mandatory life sentence. 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